OVERSEAS sheep shearers have been granted non-visa access to the United Kingdom in 2025 in a special concession from the Minister for Migration and Citizenship. The UK’s National Association of ...

WUR is starting the Global Methane Genetics initiative, an international project to significantly reduce methane emissions from cows and sheep. The Animal Breeding and Genomic group is leading an ...

A Tararua District farmer has been banned from owning farm animals and placed on six months’ community detention after neglecting hundreds of sheep. On Monday, Noel Thomas Cunningham ...

Sheep belonging to missing farmer Michael Gaine were sold off by his devastated wife at a Kerry mart on Monday. The search now goes into its third week without answers. It is understood Gardaí have ...

A question Nick Hammond gets a lot of is: How many million dairy sheep does New Zealand have?The answer is actually only in the tens of thousands.Given NZ’s capacity in farming – be that genetics, ...

Over the past three weeks, the sheep and lamb markets across NSW and Victoria have experienced notable fluctuations in both supply and demand dynamics, reflected by distinct changes in saleyard ...

Heavy ewes sold up to $225 a head at the Bendigo saleyards on March 31. Dohne genetics are not only adding growth potential and milk but also boosting the wool income for a north-east Victorian ...

Mr Gurney said that will predominantly be barley for sheep to graze during winter, and will germinate on 10-15mm of rain. While cereals and canola require nitrogen from germination, the lentil ...

CLALLAM COUNTY, Wash. — Five sheep created a traffic hazard after they were found wandering on Kitchen-Dick Road near Sequim on Saturday night. The Clallam County Sheriff's Office (CCSO ...

A diagnostic scheme to help sheep farmers identify early lamb losses has opened. MSD Animal Health UK Limited, a subsidiary of Merck & Co, has launched the enzootic abortion (EAE) testing phase of its ...

There's something different about the sheep on Glenlands Farm, at the top of the Esk Valley in Hawke's Bay. The 244-hectare farm which has been in the Martin family since 1970 is home to a range of ...